TEHRAN(Bazaar) – Professor Frank N. von Hippel, former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology, says although it is unlikely that JCPOA will be fully revived at this stage, it is possible to reach a step-by-step agreement.
Following is the text of the Bazaar interview with Professor Frank N. von Hippel.
Bazaar: Iran and the IAEA agreed to install a camera in the Karaj facility. With this agreement, a meeting of the board of governors that was supposed to reach this issue will not be formed. According to the NPT and the Safeguards Agreement, Iran was not obliged to accept the installation of the camera at the Karaj facility. But Iran showed goodwill in doing so. What was the reason for Iran agreeing to this action?
Frank von Hippel: Iran not allowing the installation of the cameras was creating a justification for Israel or the US to bomb the Karaj facility due to suspicions that it might be making centrifuges for a new secret enrichment facility at which Iran could be making weapon-grade uranium.
Since Iran refuses to give the IAEA access to the camera data, the situation is still dangerous. So Iran has done the minimum necessary for the moment to avoid the crisis from spinning out of control.
Bazaar: What was the significance of this agreement for the continuation of the negotiations in Vienna?
Frank von Hippel: No one wants the negotiations to fail and lay the basis for another disastrous war.
Bazaar: While Iran expresses hope for the continuation of the talks in the eighth round and even believes that this round may be concluded, but the US National Security Adviser after the seventh round of talks did not express optimism to reach an agreement. What is the reason for the different positions of the Iranian, American, and European teams?
Frank von Hippel: I am pessimistic myself about the revival of the JCPOA on a basis of full compliance for compliance. I now favor a step-by-step approach to rebuild trust on both sides.
Bazaar: Given the recent developments, what is your prediction for the future of the Vienna negotiations?
Frank von Hippel: Diplomacy is always better than war. But it must produce results or it will become a meaningless dance of death as portrayed in the 1932 ballet, The Green Table, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Table, in the runup to World War II.
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